Ilaria DiMatteo
United Nations Statistics Division
The Oslo Group on Energy Statistics
Fifth meeting, Cork, Ireland, 1-4 February 2010
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A first draft of Chapter 10 was discussed at the 4 th OG meeting. The Group:
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Agreed with its general structure and the proposed recommendations
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Reiterated the importance of developing recommendations on dissemination within the
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
– Acknowledged that the issues of confidentiality need to be further addressed
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A revised version was discussed during the 1 st Virtual Meeting.
Among the conclusions:
• Removed ‘international reporting’ from the list of issues covering dissemination policy, and added ‘dissemination of metadata and quality reports’ to the list
• Encourage countries to release provisional data no later than
• 2 months for monthly data (1 month if capable)
• 3 months for quarterly data
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15 months for annual data (9-12 months if capable)
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Remove list of data items for international dissemination
• included mention that data suppression due to confidentiality should be clearly indicated in metadata.
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Recommendation for international reporting revised
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The Oslo Group is invited to:
(a) review the recommendations in the chapter
(b) provide additional comments to the chapter
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